Catheter holder



Filed May 15, 1939 O m WW T. w r p 0 ATTORNEYS Patented Jan. 6, 1942 UNITED STATES PATENT j OFFICE;

. i .f 1 2,269,124 f ,l-QcArHETER HOLDER I I I Orville Ryan, Kansas City, Kans.

' lppuaanma 15, 1939, Serial No. 273,674 I V 1 Claim. .(Cl..206 -1) This invention relates to holders foratten'uated articles, such as tubular, flexible' catheters and similar units, and the primaryobject is to provide a case for a large number of catheters, some of which areindividually housed Within tubular compartments that may be appropriately marked to indicate size or nature.

Another aim of this invention is to provide a catheter holder which has formed therein, a storage chamber circumscribed by a plurality of compartments.

This invention has for another object, the provision of a catheter holder of the aforementioned character, one end of which has a rotatable cap thereon that closes all but a selected one of a number of tubular compartments; the other end of said holder having a swingably mounted cover for closing the end of the storage chamber.

Other objects of this inventioninclude the manner of creating a holder from a pair of cylindrical bodies of dififerent diameters between which are disposed a plurality of tubes arranged in a circumscribing path through which travels an opening in a specially formed cap, to the end Fig. 4 is a similar view of the other end thereof; and

Fig. 5 is a vertical cross sectional view through the holder taken on line V-V of Fig. 1 and looking in the direction of the arrow.

Rubber catheters often times become set in an undesirable curve when the same are not stored where the attenuated bodies thereof are held in a straight condition. Such curvature is detrimental to the efi'eotive use of these articles and therefore, it is desirable to not only store the catheters where they will remain straight, but to individually house the same in compartments where their condition will not be altered.

The problem of satisfactorily racking a large number of catheters, some of which are "individually housed for immediate use, is adequately and desirably solved through'the employment of a holder such as illustrated in'the accompanying drawing. This holder -which embodies the preferred form of the invention, comprises a pair of cylindrical bodies held in full, telescoped condition so that their ends are substantially flush. The outer cylindrical body 8 is appreciably greater in diameter than the inner cylindrical body [0 so that a space I2 is afforded the'rebetween.

A plurality of tubes I4 secured to cylinders 8 and It] by soldering or otherwise, are co-extensive with the lengths of these cylinders and are closed at one end-bya ring-shaped plate It. This plate lies between the inner and outer cylinders l0 and 8 respectively, at one end and assists tubes H in spacing apart. the said cylindrical bodies.

Each tube l4 presents an attenuated compartment I8 wherein may be deposited a. catheter not here shown. The ends of tubes [4 opposite from ring-shaped plate [6' are closed by a specially formed cap 20in the marginal edge of which is provided an opening 22 that may be brought into register with a selected one of compartments l8. Cap 20 is rotatably mounted upon the end of the body, the form of which is determined by the length and diameter of outer cylindrical member 8.

A knurled, depending, continuous annular flange 24 integral with the annular edge of cap 20 embraces a portion of the length of outer cylindrical body 8 and presents a suitable grip for the operator when it is desired to rotate cap 20 about the longitudinal axis of the two cylinders.

A shouldered screw 26 secures cap 20 against displacement while it is being rotated. This screwlfi passes through a hole 28in cap 20 at the axis thereof and into screw-threaded engagement with an end wall 30 which closes the holder is not in active use, stand 42 serves to support the body in the manner shown in Figs. 1 and 5. This stand 42 is a unitary member having a concave face 44 that is concentric with the curvature of outer cylindrical body 8, and the use of this stand insures that holder will not he stood on end and thereby exerting a destructive kinking or curving action upon the catheters contained in either the storage chamber 34 or the tubular compartments 18.- This stand 42 when affixed to the outer cylindrical body 8 should be near the medial line thereof, so that tipping will not occur.

Holders for catheters or the like which embody this invention, may be made to present physical characteristics other than those illustrated and described and therefore, it is desired to be limited only by the spirit of the invention and scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is: V

A catheter holder of the character described comprising a sheet metal, elongated, hollow cylindrical body; a second sheet metal elongated,

hollow, cylindrical body, of smaller diameter than the first, within the outer body and forming therewith an annular space between the outer and said inner body; a plurality of tubes within the said annular space secured to both the cylindrical bodies to create a unitary structure, the ends of said tubes at one end of the structure being spaced inwardly from the ends of the cylindrical bodies; a ring-shaped plate between the cylinders and against the ends of all the tubes to close the same; a disc-shaped end wall at the other end of the structure having an opening formed therein in register with each tube respectively and provided with a portion bridging the inner cylinder to form a support on the axis of the structure, said tubes being concentric with said axis; and a cap, provided with an opening through the marginal edge thereof, rotatably secured to the wall at the said axis for movement thereabout to selectively open the proximal ends of the tubes one at a time, said cap having an annular flange integral with the edge thereof circumscribing a portion of the outer cylinder.

ORVILLE T. RYAN. 

